**UPDATED AS OF 11/10/2016**
START TIME WAS CHANGED TO 5:30 P.M.
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CITY OF BILLINGS
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."
START TIME WAS CHANGED TO 5:30 P.M.
AND PROCLAMATION ADDED
CITY OF BILLINGS
CITY OF BILLINGS VISION STATEMENT:
"THE MAGIC CITY: A DIVERSE, WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE PROSPER AND BUSINESS SUCCEEDS."
AGENDA
| COUNCIL CHAMBERS | November 14, 2016 | 5:30 P.M. |
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Hanel
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Hanel
INVOCATION: Councilmember Brewster
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers present on roll call were:
RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION* (meeting will be called back to order at 6:30 pm)
* Note: The closed Executive Session is solely for the purpose of discussing litigation strategy in which the only parties are NOT public bodies or associations, as described in Section 2-3-203(1) and (2). The meeting is closed, as allowed by Section 2-3-303, MCA, "to discuss a strategy to be followed with respect to litigation when an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position" of the City of Billings.
RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION* (meeting will be called back to order at 6:30 pm)
* Note: The closed Executive Session is solely for the purpose of discussing litigation strategy in which the only parties are NOT public bodies or associations, as described in Section 2-3-203(1) and (2). The meeting is closed, as allowed by Section 2-3-303, MCA, "to discuss a strategy to be followed with respect to litigation when an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the litigating position" of the City of Billings.
MINUTES: October 24, 2016
COURTESIES:
PROCLAMATIONS: Small Business Saturday
ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS - TINA VOLEK
PUBLIC COMMENT on "NON-PUBLIC HEARING" Agenda Items: #1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 ONLY. Speaker sign-in required.(Comments offered here are limited to one (1) minute for one item, or three (3) minutes for multiple items. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium. Comment on items listed as public hearing items will be heard ONLY during the designated public hearing time for each respective item. For Items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda.)
1.
CONSENT AGENDA
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Separations:
A.
Bid Awards:
1.
2017 Sewer Jet/Vacuum Cleaner. (Opened 11/1/16) Recommend Titan Machinery, $320,290.
2.
Car Rental Parking Lot Lighting Upgrades. (Opened 10/25/16) Recommend Yellowstone Electric Company, $28,220.
3.
South Park Splash Pad. (Opened 10/25/16) Recommend delay of award until November 28, 2016.
B.
Approval of Conditional Mediation Agreement with Billings Industrial Revitalization District (BIRD); $75,000.
C.
Amendment #3,
W.O. 16-05:
Central Avenue, Shiloh Road to 32nd Street West, Professional Services Contract
, DOWL, $47,460.
D.
Approval of a new 10-year Commercial Aviation Ground Lease with United Parcel Service (UPS), revenue first year $28,110.24, revenue subsequent years adjusted by CPI-U.
E.
Approval to
repurchase Cottonwood Park and authorize the Mayor to execute documents necessary to complete the repurchase.
F.
Acknowledging Receipt of Petition to Annex #16-05: approximately 17 acres, Tract 3, and a portion of Tract 4 and Tract 5 of Amendment of Tracts 1,2 and 3 of C/S 1648, located west of Shiloh Road, south of Central Avenue and north of Bell Avenue on the west side of Legends West Subdivision,Janet Bergman, owner and petitioner, and setting a public hearing date for 11/28/16.
G.
Acceptance of 2016 Domestic Violence Grant for the Billings Police Department for training and supplies; $19,022.
H.
Acceptance of Donation to the Billings Fire Department from Town Pump Charitable Foundation to purchase an inflatable fire house for public safety training; $1,000.
I.
Acceptance of Donation to the Billings Fire Department from the Breakfast Exchange Club to purchase smoke detectors; $1,000.
J.
Acceptance of Donation to the Billings
Public Library from
Montana Girls STEM Collaborative and Montana State University for Science Action Club Program; $500.
K.
Second/Final Reading Ordinance for Zone Change #949: a zone change from Residential 6,000-Restricted (R-60-R) and Residential 9,600 (R-96) to Residential 5,000 (R-50) on Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block 18, Lots 3 and 4, Block 19, except for Lot 11, Block 16, Lake Hills Subdivision 15th Filing; and Lots 4 and 5, Block 5 of Lake Hills Subdivision, 33rd Filing, a total area of 3.52 acres of land. Trent Parks, applicant. Approval of the zone change and adoption of the findings of the 10 criteria.
L.
Bills and Payroll:
1.
April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016 (Municipal Court)
2.
October 11, 2016
3.
October 17 and 18, 2016
4.
October 24, 2016
REGULAR AGENDA:
2.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION granting a tax abatement to Linde Properties, LLC, for a building remodel and expansion to Heights Eyecare at 430 Lake Elmo Road. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
3.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS (IAFF) LOCAL 521 UNION CONTRACT (7/1/16-6/30/18). Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
4.
APPROVAL of Pre-development Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)between the City of Billings and Montdevco II for the proposed One Big Sky Center downtown redevelopment project. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
5.
APPROVAL of Bond Reimbursement Resolution for the One Big Sky Center project. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
6.
APPROVAL to Endorsethe Authorize Community Transformation (ACT) Initiative. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
7.
APPROVAL of Addendum #1 to the Employment Agreement for City Administrator, Tina Volek. Staff recommends approval. (Action: approval or disapproval of staff recommendation.)
PUBLIC COMMENT on Non-Agenda Items — Speaker Sign-in required. (Restricted to ONLY items not on this printed agenda. Comments here are limited to 3 minutes. Please sign in at the cart located at the back of the council chambers or at the podium.)
COUNCIL INITIATIVES
ADJOURN
| Additional information on any of these items is available in the City Clerk's Office. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this meeting. Please notify Denise R. Bohlman, City Clerk, at 657-8210. |